Busy weekend for emergency services across the Bailiwick

Monday 08 October 2018

Emergencies in Alderney, Sark and Guernsey meant volunteer crews as well as staff had to put their training to the test across the Bailiwick over the weekend.

Guernsey's paramedics had to deal with a couple of road accidents, including one in the early hours of Saturday morning near Melodonia in the Castel.

The St. John Emergency Ambulance Service was called to the accident at 04:19, where they found an injured motorcyclist - who needed treatment for a head injury and other cuts, before being taken to hospital.

At a similar time, the Guernsey Fire and Rescue Service were putting out a dustbin lorry which was on fire at the Weighbridge Taxi Rank in St Peter Port. 

Later on Saturday night, an accident in St Martins at around midnight saw all three emergency services called out. 

Rue Cauchez was closed for a while as the incident was dealt with.

In Alderney, a medical emergency saw volunteer crews called out to help at St Anne's Church.

The Alderney Fire Brigade were among those called out on Sunday morning after the patient had collapsed in the Church bell tower. They were later confirmed to have suffered a cardiac arrest. The fire crew help the paramedics to take the patient out of the bell tower so they could be taken to the Mignot Memorial Hospital.

The volunteer fire crew used a body splint stretcher to move the patient in a vertical position down the spiral staircase.

Pictured: Sark saw a medical emergency over the weekend with urgent assistance coming from Guernsey. 

A paramedic and emergency medical technician were called to Sark on Sunday with the lifeboat after a visitor to the island suffered serious injuries in a fall.

The woman needed urgent attention to a hip injury and had to be taken back to Guernsey for immediate treatment at the Emergency Department at the Princess Elizabeth Hospital.

The Lifeboat arrived in Sark at 14:15 on Sunday and she was in Guernsey just half an hour later.